Arquir desert

Arquir Desert is a vast area scorched by the sun, where few creatures dare to venture.

Geography

The vast majority of his surface presents the feature of a hammada covering an area of about two third of the total surface extending on the north and east. The south-western part, about one fifth, is an erg. The intermediate areas and the margins are constituted by a serir. Scattered in it are deep gorges and canyons and a few oasis of which the more preminent is Kamup oasis, where took place the famous battle.

Localized Phenomena

A phenomena typical of this desert are mirages, caused by the light ray that by refraction produce the image of a distant object or the sky. The sandy part of the desert is often shook by sandstorm that can obliterate or rediscover entire buildings in a very short space of time.

Fauna & Flora

It is extremely difficult to survive in the Arquir Desert, but a lot of Orc tribes have settled in it and live fighting between rivals. Voices of dragons living in the desert have been reported but not documented. Although the name would suggest otherwise the biodiversity in the area is impressive, but creatures have to be specialized to survive in this environment.

History

Most scholar concurr with the theory that the Arquir Desert is the remnant of an inland sea, of which only the Ulim lake. Large creatures skeletons have been described by explorers, but the hardship of transporting them through such a large distance of inhospitable land has impeeded, so far, an accurate study. Some legend speak of some people that has lived and fought against goblinoid people in the desert in the far past, but the lack of real evidence makes it only a fairytale.

Type

Desert

Location under

Eastern Phaldorya

Included Organizations

• Silent Monks

Related Ethnicities

• Silver claw tribe

Inhabiting Species

• Desertic Dragonfly
• Flamarj
• Lophophora rara
• Red Arquirian Desert Worm